Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.

There are two veterans OF the Mexican
! war in Plckens county, j. b. Southland
and James A. Mckee.
1t is thought the fruit has been very
generally killed in the Piedmont section
| by the recent cold spell.
| Gen. K. r. Hemphill has donated some
valuable books toward getting up pub
lie library In Greenwood.
The Fork Shoals cotton factory, near
Laurens, has purchased a large amount
of new and improved machinery.
Three new Methodist churches are now
in course of construction in Newberry
county at the following places: Jocasse,
| Whitmire's and Laurel Springs.
Forty bushels or more of corn is being
turned into whisky every day by the gov
eminent distilerles in an6 around Wal
haila. This corn makes about 100 gallons
OF whisky per day or 800 gallons per week.
The Laurens college commencement
promises to he the best ever neld in Lau-
reus. A distinguished judge from Ge0r-
gia viii deliver the address. and several
other eloquent speakers have accepted
invitations.
4 Lutheran church, near Townville, in
Anderson county, recently went over in
a BODY to the Methodist church. They
W re unable to secure the services of a
zion to another fold.
Seneca had its annual election for
Council Tuesday, which resulted as fol-
lows: NJ. n. Sitton, intendent, and
Il. b. Hayes, w. c. Miller, w. Il. Cole
and A. G. Bruce, wardens. This is
claimed a victory for the liquor party,
but there was no issue of that kind made
at all.
George w. Bush is having a well dug
on his place, a few miles from Elenton
The site is on a high hill. The wOrkmen
have dug through several stratas of differ
ent kinds of rocks, some OF them very
pretty. and at the depth OF 50 feet found a
number Of conch smells and other shells
Of sea fish, with what seems to be bones
OF some kind of animal, and what appears
to be part OF the morn of a deer. They
are all petrified. solid rock OF the hardest
kind.
Al the March term of the court for
Marion county, in 1886, Pinckney Bryant,
young white man. was convicted In two
cases of malicious mischief and sentenced
TO thrae years imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary. On July following Gov.
Thompson, for good and sufficient rea-
sons, COMMITTED the sentence OF the court
to one years imprisonment. On Aug, -,
| 1886, while at work at the Guignard
brick yard, in Lexington county, near
! Columbia, Bryant ran away from the
! guard and succeeded In making his es-
cape. Shortly after his escape Col. Lips
comb, the Superintendent of the peniten-
tiary, received letter for Bryant from
his mother, whereupOn he Immediately
wrote her advising her to induce her son
to return to the prison and serve out HE
sentence, particularly as his time was
so snort, and thus ovoid the Odium OF
being always fugitive from justice and
in danger of being killed at any time in
case he resisted arrest as an escaped con-
Wet. Nothing further was heard from
them until the early part of last
! month, when gentleman of the reigh-
DornOod in which Bryant lived in Marion
county wrote to the superintendent on
behalf of the family to make arrange
menlS for MS return. He was informed
by return mail that if Bryant would re-
turn and give himself up, without put
ting the State to any expense or trouble.
he would not be punished for running
| away. Strangely enough. the very night
|. that the letter was received by the gem
tleman in question, and before he could
| communicate with the family posse at
tempted to capture Bryant, and as he en-
deay0red to escape from them, riddled
him with buckshot.